Albany, NY

Albany is the capital city of the U.S. state of New York, the seat of Albany County, and the central city of New York’s Capital District. Roughly 135 miles (217 km) north of the City of New York, Albany sits on the west bank of the Hudson River, about 10 miles (16 km) south of its confluence with the Mohawk River. The population of the city was 97,856 at the time of the 2010 census.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albany,_New_York

Show Only ...
Maps - Photos - Videos

A Farewell to 159 and 161 Eagle St – Albany Notes

|

A Farewell to 159 and 161 Eagle St – Albany Notes

Until last week, two fine Italianate rowhouses bookended an unbroken Eagle Street block, diagonal from the Governor’s Mansion. They are now gone. Only rubble lies where they once stood.

The full-size image is over at the AlbanyGroup Archive on Flickr. The Mansion District is old, and these buildings were a testament to that history. 161 Eagle was standing on that spot by at least 1870, but may pre-date the Civil War. It had a neighbor at 159 Eagle by 1876.?As a building with a storefront, 161 Eagle was not only a cornerstone of the block, it was a cornerstone of the community.?Over the years it housed a number of well-known community establishments, one such was the Mansion Food Market, shown at right in 1975 when it was operated by Dominick Oppedisano.

Cool City

|

Washington Avenue at Night near the SEIU building.

Used a monochromatic blue color to create a cool 'city'-like emotion and to overcome those ugly yellow (but energy efficent) low pressure vapor-sodium lights that keep the city bright all night.

Wednesday December 27, 2006 — Albany, NY